Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
As the grass
General references
Bible References
As the grass
Psalm 37:2
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
Psalm 92:7
that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Matthew 13:6
but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.
General references
Job 8:12
While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
Psalm 37:2
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.